Towing anchor capable of extending wing plate and installation method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11242116-B2
Application number	US-201916960558-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 30, 2019
Priority date	Sep 6, 2018
Publication date	Feb 8, 2022
Grant date	Feb 8, 2022

Abstract

A towing anchor capable of extending wing plate and an installation method therefor are provided. The towing anchor includes a main anchor plate and two wing plates which can slide outwards relative to the main anchor plate and will not be detached from the main anchor plate. The main anchor plate is anchored with a mooring steel cable connected to a towing vessel. The main anchor plate is further provided with a limit cable-receiving groove, in which first, second and third fixed pulleys are respectively provided correspondingly to each of the two wing plates. One end of a tensioning steel cable is fixed to an inner edge of the wing plate, and the other end of the tensioning steel cable sequentially surrounds the third, second, and first fixed pulleys and then passes through an opening formed at middle position of the groove to be connected to the towing vessel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A towing anchor capable of extending a wing plate, comprising: a main anchor plate having an anchor tip; and two wing plates, wherein lower surfaces of four corners of the main anchor plate are each provided with a baffle, an end of each of the two wing plates is provided with a wing plate sliding baffle; the two wing plates are symmetrically arranged under the main anchor plate, and when the two wing plates slide relative to the main anchor plate, the two wing plates are not detached from the main anchor plate due to the baffles and the wing plate sliding baffles; the main anchor plate is provided with four snap rings respectively tied with a mooring steel cable, and the four steel cables are combined into one strand by a steel cable joint and are then connected to a towing vessel; the main anchor plate is provided with a limit cable-receiving groove, and an opening is formed at a middle position of the limit cable-receiving groove; in the limit cable-receiving groove, a first fixed pulley is provided correspondingly to an inner edge of each of the two wing plates, and a second fixed pulley is provided correspondingly to an outer edge of each of the two wing plates, two outer edges of the main anchor plate are each provided with a third fixed pulley; one end of a tensioning steel cable penetrates into a gap between each of the two wing plates and the main anchor plate and is fixed to the inner edge of the wing plate, and the other end of the tensioning steel cable sequentially surrounds the third, second, and first fixed pulleys and then passes through the opening formed at the middle position of the limit cable-receiving groove to be connected to the towing vessel.

2. The towing anchor capable of extending a wing plate according to claim 1 , wherein the baffle is an L-shaped baffle, each of the two wing plates is located in a gap between the L-shaped baffle and the main anchor plate, and the wing plate sliding baffle is provided at the inner edge of the wing plate.

3. The towing anchor capable of extending a wing plate according to claim 2 , wherein the wing plate sliding baffled is a stopping block corresponding to two baffles, or the wing plate sliding baffle a stopping strip provided at an entire inner edge of the wing plate.

4. The towing anchor capable of extending a wing plate according to claim 1 , wherein the limit cable-receiving groove is formed by fixing a strip-shaped cover on the main anchor plate.

5. An installing method for the towing anchor capable of extending a wing plate according to claim 1 , wherein when towing, the two wing plates are in a retracted state, the towing anchor is embedded into a seabed at a certain angle by the towing vessel through the mooring steel cable, in such a manner that the towing anchor is at a depth deeper than a pre-embedded position by 1 to 2 times a width of the main anchor plate; when tensioning, the towing anchor is pulled upwards as a whole by pulling the mooring steel cable, and at the same time, by pulling the tensioning steel cable, the two wing plates slide outwards to extend, so that operation starts once being connected to a floating platform.

6. The installing method for the towing anchor capable of extending a wing plate according to claim 5 , wherein the baffle is an L-shaped baffle, each of the two wing plates is located in a gap between the L-shaped baffle and the main anchor plate, and the wing plate sliding baffle is provided at the inner edge of the wing plate.

7. The installing method for the towing anchor capable of extending a wing plate according to claim 6 , wherein the wing plate sliding baffle is a stopping block corresponding to two baffles, or the wing plate sliding baffle is a stopping strip provided at an entire inner edge of the wing plate.

8. The installing method for the towing anchor capable of extending a wing plate according to claim 5 , wherein the limit cable-receiving groove is formed by fixing a strip-shaped cover on the main anchor plate.

Assignees

• Univ Zhejiang

Inventors

• Guo Zhen
• Wang Lizhong
• Rui Shengjie
• Hong Yi
• Li Lingling
• Dou Yuzhe

Classifications

• B63B21/243 Primary

  foldable or capable of being disassembled (Anchors with two or more foldable flukes B63B21/36) · CPC title

• B63B2021/262

  by drag embedment · CPC title

• B63B2021/203

  Mooring cables or ropes, hawsers, or the like; Adaptations thereof · CPC title

• B63B21/26

  securing to bed · CPC title

• B63B21/20

  Adaptations of chains, ropes, hawsers, or the like, or of parts thereof · CPC title